Cuff button



P. S. CARRIER Jan. 15, 1924.

CUFF BUTTON Filed Feb. 24, 1925 wllllllllilllllyl w Zlwuemtoz Paul 3.6027767 Patented Jan. 15, 1924.

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PAUL SIMPSON CARRIER, F EDGEWOOD, BHODE 1ISLAND, ASSIGNOR T0 GRAFTON H.

' WILLEY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF BUTTON.

Application filed February 24, 1923. Serial No. 621,048.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL S. CARRIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Edgewood, in the county of Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CuffButtons, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff links or buttons of the class havinginner and outer head members for each unit of each button, the innerheads being separably connected together and the outer heads beingyield-' ably or flexibly connected to the inner heads whereby each partof the button is adapted to remain in its portion of the cuif even whenthe inner head members of the opposite units are disconnected from eachother; and the object of this invention is to provide a pair of suchcufi buttons in which the inner head members are provided withcomplemental stud and socket connecting members to be snapped one intothe other, and the outer members are connected to the inner head membersof the two units by a suitable connecting member whereby the outer headmay adjust itself to any angle relative to that of the inner head sothat these heads will lie snugly against the outer face of the cufi atwhatever angle it may set.

WVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, as will be more fully described, andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating one form of end button asapplied to a cuff, a portion of the cuff being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a modification of Figure 1, illustrating a cuff button withits inner heads separated and the whole partly in section to illustratethe general construction of the different units of the button or link.

Figure 3 shows a further modified construction in which the inner andouter heads of each unit are connected by a ring of circular form.

Figure 4: is a sectional view on line H of Figure 2, showing the snapspring in one end for receiving the stud of the opposite head.

whereby these these units of which the link is constructed whereby thebutton or link will remain in the cuff when the units are separated,also to provide means whereby the inner heads may be separably connectedtogether with a snap connection and also to provide means whereby theinner heads of each unit are connected to their outer heads in such away that the outer heads are permitted to adjust themselves relative tothe inner heads to conform to the angle of the outer surface of the cuffto which the button is applied;

and the following is a detailed description of a construction of such abutton or link results plished:

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates the inner stud head of oneof the units which is formed of a base plate 11' havinga stud member 12swaged outwardly therefrom and its peripheral edge 13 is rolled as at 14over that of the back plate 15, which back plate is also provided withan outwardly-swaged, central protuberance 16 forming a hollow projectionpierced as at 17 on its opposite sides to receive a connecting'link 18.The opposite inner head member 19 is provided with an inner base plate20 formed-with a socket 21 swaged into its face for the reception of thestud member 12 and the outer edge 22 of this socket plate is rolled overthat of the back plate 23 which back plate is also provided with anoutwardly swaged, hollow, frustroconical portion 24 of a depthsufficient to receive the socket 21 and the outer extremity of thisrecessed portion 24 is provided with an outwardly-swaged eye member 25through which a connecting ring 26 extends.

In this socket head may be located any convenient means for releasablyengaging the neck portion of the stud 12 and in Figure 4 I haveillustrated a spring 27 bent into substantially a W-shape with its backor connecting portion 28 positioned to enmay be accomf we the innercircumference of the socket plate 20 whereby the arms 29 are adapted toyield and releasably grip the stud member upon being inserted into thesocket member.

The outer head members of my improved cuff link units are preferablyconstructed with a face plate 30 which may be of any suitable materialsuch as gold, silver, pearl,

or other desired material adapted to receive suitable ornamentation andto this ornamented face plate, I have connected a back plate 31 which insome instances, is provided with a raised, hollow protuberance 32pierced at '33 to receive the connecting ring 2-6. This back plate maybe connected to the frontplate by any suitable means, either its edge 3%may be rolled over that of the front plate or as in the case of a pearlfront plate this back plate may be set and secured into the back of thefront plate, as illustrated in Figure 5.

It is found in practice of acvantage to :onnect these inner and outerhead members of each button with a Wire ring, preferably in circularform, by extending the connecting ring through the eyes or :openings inthe protubera-nces of the adjacent back plates of its unit, by whichconstruction the outer heads are loosely connected to the inner heads ofthe different units and may be freely moved with respect thereto so thatthey may adjust themselves at any angle relative to that of the innerheads, which is found to be of (onvennce when applied to the cuff of ashirt, particularly to the so-called soft cuffs. i

In other instances, the connecting link may be oblong as illustrated at18 in Figure 2, while in still other cases as illustrated in- Figure 1,a fixed eye 35 may be attached to one of the back plates and a looselink .36 may be employed to extend through this fixed eye and an eye 37in the back plate of the outer heads, if desired.

My improvedconstruction is found to be of simple and practicalconstructionand effective in its operation and by its use the outerheads are adapted to adjust themselves to lie flat against theoutersurface claims.

I claim 1. A flexible separable cuff link compris ing a pair of. innerhead members one havlng a socket and the other a short complement-a1stud to snap into the socket of the other to'closely connect themtogether, an-x outer head member spaced from each inn'e'r headmem'berandloosely connected thereto by a link.

2. A flexible separablecufilink, each unit having an inner head memberand an'outer head member of substantially thesame size and looselyconnected together by a link In: circular form and said innerheadimem'bersbeing. separably connected by a short stud and a socketsnap joint.

A flexible separable cuff link, eachunit having an inner head memberandan outer head member loosely connected together by a ring link,saldinner head members "beingseparably-connected together by a stud andsocket snap joint and said inner andouterv heads being:v provided eachwith :a: back plate having a protuberanceraised from the stoclr' piercedto receive said connecting link.

at. A flexible separable cuff link, each-"unit's having an mner headmember and canouteri head member loosely .conneotedetogether by a link,said inner headamembers being;

closely and separably connected together by a. short stud engaging. a:socket snazp joint, and said inner andouter heads being providedeachwitha-back plate havinga protuberance raised fromthe stock piercedto receive saidcou-necting link.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

PAUL SIIVIPSON CARRIER.

